#now i can focus on november and the month of Lestat

[desertfangs]

The Prime Minister's Assistant Marius/Daniel - Explicit - 4224 words

This is something I started writing an eternity ago and then I got distracted with other projects and forgot about it. But I've been thinking a lot about Court lately and also how sexy Marius is in a suit (and a position of authority) and so I decided to finish this.

It's Court Shenanigans at their finest. Armand leaves to spend a few weeks in Paris with Louis, so Daniel is going to spend that time helping Marius out around Court. It doesn't take long for work to turn into... more fun activities.

Very short excerpt:

Daniel arrived at Marius’ office, a large room lined with heavy wooden shelves, and a red velvet chaise against the wall near the door. Marius’ desk was in the center and the surface was immaculate and clear of anything but the single file he had open in front of him and a small pile in a basket on the far corner. 

Marius sat behind the desk. Daniel looked him over appreciatively, a little heat creeping into his cheeks as he did. Marius was wearing an expertly tailored gray suit, his long blond hair cascading down around his face. He had angular, sharp features and a strong jaw. He was always handsome as hell but the suit was doing good things for him. It was almost sinful how good. It showed off his shoulders and the color was good on him. 

“Nice suit,” Daniel said. 

Marius looked down automatically and then back up. “Thank you. It was made by a tailor Armand recommended.”  

“You know, it would look even better being torn off of you.” Daniel waggled his eyebrows in a joking manner but if Marius wanted, he was more than happy to close the door and make a mess of this pristine office. 

“Very funny.” Marius frowned, but Daniel caught a spark of something in his eyes. “You look quite dashing yourself. Did Armand pick your tie? It brings out your eyes.” 

“Yeah,” Daniel said, not bothering to mention that Armand had picked the whole outfit. He dropped into one of the chairs in front of Marius’ desk. “So, what do you need me to do, Mr. Prime Minister?” 

Marius got up. Daniel admired the way the suit moved on him as he pulled down a binder from a shelf and handed it to him. “These are the newest arrivals at Court. We need to get them identification documents which can be set up in the records office.”

“There’s a records office?” Daniel whistled. “You really have thought of everything.”

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[kelmcdonald]

Getting Shit Done!

Hey hey folks!

November was mostly work focused and December will be too. This month in my discord we’re gonna watch an indie werewolf movie called Wolf of Snow Hollow. I was told it had a dry sense of humor but I haven’t seen it yet. If it interests you, pop into my discord on December 7th at 5pm PST.

Last month I finished Murky Water. It’s all done! I’m getting the whole thing proofread now. Then I’ll repost all the old pages with the typos fixed. There is still a paper shortage so I don’t know if I’m gonna print it right away. Like it would be nice to have a new book for conventions but Cautionary Fables South America will be out next year. So it might be better to hold off with it’s crowdfund until next year.

Another thing I finished is my Failure to Launch comic. Patreon backers have been seeing the pencils posted on Fridays, but I finished coloring and lettering it last weekend. It’s written by Ryan North and will appear in the anthology Failure to Launch: a Tour of Ill-Fated Futures. I’m the editor on the book and it’s gonna be a great book. It’s a light-hearted education collection of inventions and world plans that didn’t get to become reality. Some are because they were based on bad science (like my story is about a man who didn’t account for friction or physics in general) but others fell apart because of corporate greed or government interference. I especially like a story written by Harry “Hbomberguy” Brewis about the first attempt at making a union. That’s gonna crowdfund in February. I’ll make sure to let you all know when it’s up.

While doing all this work I watched a lot of TV. So much it’s a little hard to remember it all. The big stand out is probably Interview with the Vampire. While different from the books, the changes the show made really improved the source material. I especially think the show aging Claudia up a little was a good decision. Her being turned so young in the book and movie does some interesting stuff, it doesn’t quite fit with the series as a whole. Her being older lets her run off of a bit on her own and grow into someone away from Louis and Lestate in a way that she couldn’t in the source material. It makes her interesting and nuanced as a character for the show.

And the actress playing her knocks it out of the park. All the actors in the show do. I also like the reporter being older while interviewing Louis and pushing back on him in the interview more. The whole show is just really well put together. I highly recommend it. 

Since I wrapped up a lot last month, this month I’m jumping back into You are the Chosen One. So that will be back as my patreon exclusive comic next month. I’ll post pfds of the previous chapters before I start things up again. I’m sure some folks have forgotten what’s happened since the couple of month break. 

I’m also getting ready to jump into the next The City Between story. It’s titled Shards of Reflection. I’m gonna try to experiment a little with the storytelling because the main character is an unreliable narrator. It will be interesting to see how things go and I hope I can pull it off. 

And I’m really living up to the cartoon of me spinning plates on the Iron Circus Geekshow. Because this month I also need to try and finish up the graphic novel I’ve been writing, Blue Moon. That’s the werewolf YA book I’m doing with Meredith McClaren. The script is due at the end of December. Or at least the first draft is. But it’s kinda fallen to the side while working on everything else.

I’ll be doing my usual streaming this month on Twitch. With so much going on, sometimes it’s hard to focus. So those two hour streams Tues, Wed, and Thurs really help me get at least my drawing done. One streaming thing that Spike and I are planning is on Christmas day we are gonna stream rimworld. During it we’ll be raising money for charity (but haven’t picked one yet). But it will be on both the Iron Circus Youtube as well as my twitch. We are gonna start at Noon Central and 10am PST. So join us if you don’t have Christmas plans.  Also, since twitter is exploding I figured I should list all my social medias. You can follow me at these places.

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https://pillowfort.social/kelmcdonald

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https://twitch.tv/kelmcdonald

Have a good one! Thanks for your support!